Question from Julie in SacramentoWe have a 1927 home. It had original hardwood which was placed over (1 x 6in.) planks. We have since removed the original hardwood. We repaired our 1×6 planks, and now we’re putting in 5/8 CDX plywood subfloor over our 1×6 planks. Over the plywood, we’ll put new engineered hardwood.Two Questions: – Do we need to be concerned with plywood going in the opposite direction of our planks?– Does it matter if we have floor joists, planks, then plywood?

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